The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2024
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jealous Moon | Sarah Jarosz |
| 2 | The Returner | Allison Russell |
| 3 | Boombox | Charlie Parr |
| 4 | Ahead of the Game | Mark Knopfler |
| 5 | Hold Me | The Strumbellas |
| 6 | All the Ways | The Secret Sisters |
| 7 | Too Little, Too Late, Too Bad | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 8 | Out of Time (feat. LeAnn Rimes) | Trampled by Turtles |
| 9 | Lemon's Jump | Stefan Grossman |
| 10 | Atlanta Blues | Stephen Bennett |
| 11 | Devil Rail | John Zipperer |
| 12 | Sound Existence | Steve Forbert |
| 13 | Oola | John Zipperer |
| 14 | Lexi Dance | John Zipperer |
| 15 | Rickie Lee | Arielle Silver |
| 16 | Asteroids and Chaos | Arielle Silver |
| 17 | Soft on the Shoulder | Arielle Silver |
| 18 | Feel the Way I Feel | Wolf Jett |
| 19 | World Keeps on Singing | Eliza Gilkyson |
| 20 | Dig a Hole in the Meadow (Darlin Cory) | Morningbird |
| 21 | Pretty Lights of Denver | Weary Ramblers |
| 22 | The Living Kind | John Smith |
| 23 | Just Doesn't Work Anymore | Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus |
| 24 | Birds and Bees | Morningbird |
| 25 | Time for a Change | Morningbird |
| 26 | Harbortowne | Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus |
| 27 | Lottery | Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus |
| 28 | Sweet Hazel Green | Weary Ramblers |
| 29 | Medicine Creek | Weary Ramblers |
| 30 | Letter to a Savior | Good Morning Bedlam |
| 31 | Too Lazy | Joe Holt |
| 32 | It All Comes Down to Love | Tom Rush |
| 33 | The Ballad of Elon Musk | Michael Johnathon |
| 34 | You Louisiana Man | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 35 | Two Pairs of Hands | Mark Knopfler |
| 36 | Sweet Beginnings | Kathryn Severing Fox |
| 37 | White Lines & Headlights | Kathryn Severing Fox |
| 38 | Secret | Kathryn Severing Fox |
| 39 | You're the One | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 40 | What You've Shown Me | Parker Millsap |
| 41 | Things We Contemplate | Larry Robbins |
| 42 | Procrastination (I'll Do It Later) | Larry Robbins |
| 43 | Everlasting | Larry Robbins |
| 44 | Hands on | Larry Robbins |
| 45 | Closer to Fine | Indigo Girls |
| 46 | The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald | Gordon Lightfoot |
| 47 | If We Would Let It | Parker Millsap |
| 48 | When the Lights Go out | Sarah Jarosz |
| 49 | Please Come to Boston | Dave Loggins |
| 50 | You Ain't Goin' Nowhere | Diane Hubka & The Sun Canyon Band |
| 51 | The Town in Your Heart | Lori McKenna |
| 52 | Happy Children | Lori McKenna |
| 53 | Letting People Down | Lori McKenna |
| 54 | Growing Up | Lori McKenna |
| 55 | Days Are Honey | Lori McKenna |
| 56 | Killing Me (feat. Hillary Lindsey) | Lori McKenna |
| 57 | The Tunnel | Lori McKenna |
| 58 | Hambone Stomp (feat. Bobby Rush) | Billy Jeter |
| 59 | Running on Time | Parker Millsap |
| 60 | Sam Stone | John Prine |
| 61 | All of the Time in the World to Kill | The Milk Carton Kids |
| 62 | Life is Short and Sweet | Cynthia Marchant |
| 63 | The Thief | Cynthia Marchant |
| 64 | The Old Woman in Me | Lori McKenna |
| 65 | Oklahoma or Arkansas | Peach & Quiet |
| 66 | In My Reign | Romen Buffalo and The Loyal Order |
| 67 | Song from a Tree | Peach & Quiet |
| 68 | I Only See the Moon | The Milk Carton Kids |
| 69 | Wilderness Within You (feat. Gillian Welch) | Parker Millsap |
| 70 | Running on Sweet Smile | The Milk Carton Kids |
| 71 | Star Shine | The Milk Carton Kids |
| 72 | 1988 | Lori McKenna |
| 73 | After the Revolution | Carsie Blanton |
| 74 | Columbus & 89th | Sarah Jarosz |
| 75 | Front Porchin' | Parker Millsap |
| 76 | Perfectly Absurd | Larry Robbins |
| 77 | Coffee Shop Open Mic | Josie Bello |
| 78 | The Sound of Guitars | Josie Bello |
| 79 | Rising | Josie Bello |
| 80 | Love That 'S Real | Josie Bello |
| 81 | Resilience | Josie Bello |
| 82 | Albuquerque | Diane Hubka & The Sun Canyon Band |
| 83 | Home | Diane Hubka & The Sun Canyon Band |
| 84 | Art of Motion | Andy McKee |
| 85 | If You Could Read My Mind | Gordon Lightfoot |
| 86 | I Am Empty | Josie Bello |
| 87 | Too Many Changes | Josie Bello |
| 88 | Calling Card | Josie Bello |
| 89 | Killing Time | Josie Bello |
| 90 | Round Thing | Luca Stricagnoli |
| 91 | El Toro | The Fathoms |
| 92 | The Possum | Ray Wyatt |
| 93 | Blue Flower Moon | Cynthia Marchant |
| 94 | To the Light | Diane Hubka & The Sun Canyon Band |
| 95 | You Never Can Tell (feat. Albert Lee) | Diane Hubka & The Sun Canyon Band |
| 96 | Louisiana 1927 (feat. Albert Lee) | Diane Hubka & The Sun Canyon Band |
| 97 | Hold Me Close | The Ruta Beggars |
| 98 | I'll Never Forget | The Ruta Beggars |
| 99 | Love is Magic | Cynthia Marchant |
| 100 | I Did It (Hey Doubters) | Larry Robbins |
| 101 | The Blues is My Business | Diane Hubka & The Sun Canyon Band |
| 102 | A Blessing | Cynthia Marchant |
| 103 | Buddhist Wedding Song | Cynthia Marchant |
| 104 | That is for Sure | Peach & Quiet |
| 105 | Polaroids and Memories | Cynthia Marchant |
| 106 | The Long Rider | Cynthia Marchant |
| 107 | Flesh and Bone | Cynthia Marchant |
| 108 | I Found Myself | Cynthia Marchant |
| 109 | The Path | Cynthia Marchant |
| 110 | You Shine | Cynthia Marchant |
| 111 | This Time | Peach & Quiet |
| 112 | Horse and Saddle | Peach & Quiet |
| 113 | Pockets Empty | Peach & Quiet |
| 114 | When You're Gone | The Milk Carton Kids |
| 115 | Dancing with My Shadow | Diane Hubka & The Sun Canyon Band |
| 116 | When You're Gone | Peach & Quiet |
| 117 | So Far Apart | Parker Millsap |
| 118 | Calgary Skyline | Peach & Quiet |
| 119 | Twenty-Five Years | Josie Bello |
| 120 | Save Me Tonight | Peach & Quiet |
| 121 | Baton Rouge | Diane Hubka & The Sun Canyon Band |
| 122 | Beautiful Thing | Peach & Quiet |
| 123 | Half a World Away | Parker Millsap |
| 124 | Behind the Sun | Peach & Quiet |
| 125 | Just Before the Dawn | Peach & Quiet |
| 126 | Keeping the Love Alive | Parker Millsap |
| 127 | By and by | Parker Millsap |
| 128 | Shady Grove (feat. Albert Lee) | Diane Hubka & The Sun Canyon Band |
| 129 | Belly of the Whale (feat. Albert Lee) | Diane Hubka & The Sun Canyon Band |
| 130 | Greetings and Thanks (Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address) | Parker Millsap |
| 131 | One True Love | The Milk Carton Kids |
| 132 | Papa's Got Ahold of the Wine | The Ruta Beggars |
| 133 | Red Carpet | The Ruta Beggars |
| 134 | Pass You by | The Ruta Beggars |
| 135 | The Way That You Loved Me | The Ruta Beggars |
| 136 | Magic | Parker Millsap |
| 137 | Wonder Drug | Lori McKenna |
| 138 | North Country Ride | The Milk Carton Kids |
| 139 | I'll Be Around | Parker Millsap |
| 140 | Take the High Road | Sarah Jarosz |
| 141 | San Luis | Gregory Alan Isakov |
| 142 | Runaway Train | Sarah Jarosz |
| 143 | Scavengers Yard | Mark Knopfler |
| 144 | Rosemary | Donovan Woods |
| 145 | Hen in the Foxhouse | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 146 | Pulling Weeds | Scott Sean White |
| 147 | The Nightjar's Fall from Grace | Malcolm MacWatt |
| 148 | First Pour | Marie-Rose |
| 149 | In Your Garden | Marie-Rose |
| 150 | Fade into Blue | Marie-Rose |
| 151 | Love Unfettered | Marie-Rose |
| 152 | Give Back | Marie-Rose |
| 153 | Know by Now | Marie-Rose |
| 154 | Dying Ember | Sarah Jarosz |
| 155 | Strong is the North Wind | Malcolm MacWatt |
| 156 | Bible | Dan Bern & Jane's Great Dane |
| 157 | Days Can Turn Around | Sarah Jarosz |
| 158 | Now Tell Me That You've Got the Blues | Sylvia Tyson |
| 159 | Paperweight | The Secret Sisters |
| 160 | Lone Rooster Blues | Marques Morel |
| 161 | Buffalo Thunder | Malcolm MacWatt |
| 162 | People (feat. Helene Cronin) | Scott Sean White |
| 163 | Same Street | Scott Sean White |
| 164 | Down Home Blues (Walkin' After Midnight) | Eva Cassidy |
| 165 | Heather and Honey | Malcolm MacWatt |
| 166 | 12 Notes and 26 Letters (feat. Susan Gibson) | Scott Sean White |
| 167 | Semi Scotsman | Malcolm MacWatt |
| 168 | The Church & the Crown | Malcolm MacWatt |
| 169 | Silence of the Sun | Misner & Smith |
| 170 | Start with a Stone | Carrie Newcomer |
| 171 | Just Not Today (feat. Helene Cronin) | Scott Sean White |
| 172 | Go in Peace | Sam Baker |
| 173 | Sweet Sisters | Elexa Dawson |
| 174 | She Told Me Not to Go | Malcolm MacWatt |
| 175 | Drowsy Maggie | Malcolm MacWatt |
| 176 | Brave David Tyrie | Malcolm MacWatt |
| 177 | At the End of the Day | Sylvia Tyson |
| 178 | Before the Sun | Gregory Alan Isakov |
| 179 | Before My Train Comes | Mark Knopfler |
| 180 | Joyland | Billy Jeter |
| 181 | Stay Right Here | Allison Russell |
| 182 | Already Free | Ruth Moody |
| 183 | Cotton Mill Girls (1930) | Dawn Landes |
| 184 | Yet to Be (feat. Jason Isbell) | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 185 | The Way It is Now | Sarah Jarosz |
| 186 | God is Good | Scott Sean White |
| 187 | Memphis; the Blues (feat. John Moreland) | Zach Bryan |
| 188 | First Snow | Colby T. Helms |
| 189 | Shady Grove | Billy Jeter |
| 190 | Skyline Blues | Charles Wesley Godwin |
| 191 | Matthew's in Love | Della |
| 192 | The Last Bowman | Malcolm MacWatt |
| 193 | Not the Year | Scott Sean White |
| 194 | Springtime | Allison Russell |
| 195 | Red River Woman | Malcolm MacWatt |
| 196 | Gonna Sing | Billy Jeter |
| 197 | Storyville Shooting Star | Billy Jeter |
| 198 | One More Time Around the Sun | Tom Rush |
| 199 | Walking Contradiction | Sunny War |
| 200 | Hope You Never Do (feat. Radney Foster) | Scott Sean White |
| 201 | Snakelife | Allison Russell |
| 202 | Demons | Allison Russell |
| 203 | Dance Me Down Easy | Town Mountain |
| 204 | Keeper | Scott Sean White |
| 205 | Good at What I Do | Sarah Jarosz |
| 206 | Rose's Shack | Billy Jeter |
| 207 | Haywood House | Billy Jeter |
| 208 | Toy Boat Song | Tom Rush |
| 209 | Grapevine | Della |
| 210 | Hey Hey Hey | Clay Parker and Jodi James |
| 211 | Fire for the Water | Clay Parker and Jodi James |
| 212 | How High Would I Have to Fly | Clay Parker and Jodi James |
| 213 | Lonely Coyote | Elexa Dawson |
| 214 | I Want to Love You | Trampled by Turtles |
| 215 | I Used to Be So Pretty | Linda Thompson |
| 216 | My Good Friends | Carsie Blanton |
| 217 | Nine Hundred Miles | Paper Wings |
| 218 | So Far Away | Town Mountain |
| 219 | Bowler Man | Billy Jeter |
| 220 | I've Got the Blues (Even Though Nothing is Wrong) Fun Version | Dan Reeder |
| 221 | Left Hand Lane | Paper Wings |
| 222 | Measure of Degree | David Hobbes |
| 223 | Big Jet Plane | Angus & Julia Stone |
| 224 | Edwin in the Lowlands Low (feat. Tim O'Brien) | Martin Simpson & Thomm Jutz |
| 225 | Sweet Virginia | Town Mountain |
| 226 | Answer | Elexa Dawson |
| 227 | High on the Street | Elexa Dawson |
| 228 | Will of the World | Elexa Dawson |
| 229 | Imaginary Lover | Laurel Lewis |
| 230 | Moving Trees | Blackwater Railroad Company |
| 231 | Marjorie | Dan Bern & Jane's Great Dane |
| 232 | Tell the Mailman | The Resonant Rogues |
| 233 | Old Farm House | Carolyn Shulman |
| 234 | Take More Time, Cover Less Ground | Carrie Newcomer |
| 235 | When You Need a Hand | David Hobbes |
| 236 | The Dark | Buddy Mondlock |
| 237 | Floating Face Down | Kate Weekes |
| 238 | We Can Always Come Back to This | Chris Pierce |
| 239 | Fair Annie (feat. Emily Portman) | Martin Simpson & Thomm Jutz |
| 240 | Empty Bottles | Kate Weekes |
| 241 | Rosie Blue | Kerri Powers |
| 242 | Mountain Brandy | Colby T. Helms |
| 243 | Flatfoot | Clay Parker and Jodi James |
| 244 | In the Cool of the Evening | Clay Parker and Jodi James |
| 245 | Heavenly Sign | Eddie Berman |
| 246 | Small World | Scott Sean White |
| 247 | Bumper Sticker | Bloomsday |
| 248 | Trembling Like a Train | Justin Roth |
| 249 | Purple Toyota | Steve Forbert |
| 250 | Alton Air | Darrell Scott |
| 251 | Blessed by the West | Sarah Pierce |
| 252 | We Are Wild | David Hobbes |
| 253 | Over That Road I'm Bound to Go | Joachim Cooder |
| 254 | Live Free or Die | Charlie Stevens |
| 255 | All Again | Charles Wesley Godwin |
| 256 | Avalanche | Jenny Owen Youngs |
| 257 | A Dollar, Two Quarters, and a Dime | Terry Klein |
| 258 | Sky Blue LeBaron | Terry Klein |
| 259 | Tell the Babies I Love Them (Overture) | Charles Wesley Godwin |
| 260 | Goldenrod | Jenny Owen Youngs |
| 261 | Never Ever | The MilBillies |
| 262 | First of Spring (Keira's Song) | Eddie Berman |
| 263 | Better Days Ahead | Kate Weekes |
| 264 | Go from Here | Eddie Berman |
| 265 | Mine All Mine | Eddie Berman |
| 266 | Dreaming Again | Colby T. Helms |
| 267 | Mezcal and Lime | Sarah Jarosz |
| 268 | Higher Ground | Colby T. Helms |
| 269 | I Needed You | The Secret Sisters |
| 270 | Marigold | Paper Wings |
| 271 | Ballad of Goosie Willie (feat. Detroit Johnny) | Billy Jeter |
| 272 | Million Dollar Levee | Billy Jeter |
| 273 | Lot of Life (Easy) | Elexa Dawson |
| 274 | Starting over | Dan Bern & Jane's Great Dane |
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